In this episode Sam (@theSamParr) and Shaan (@ShaanVP) update "Sara's List". This was a list of companies Sam and his wife created 5 years ago when she was looking for a job. What was the criteria? They had to be established startups who had the potential to 5-10x over the next 5 years. She went with Airbnb. If you are looking for a new job, check out these 12. --------- * Want to be featured in a future episode? Drop your question/comment/criticism/love here: https://www.mfmpod.com/p/hotline/ * Support the pod by spreading the word, become a referrer here: https://refer.fm/million * Have you joined our private Facebook group yet? Go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion and join thousands of other entrepreneurs and founders scheming up ideas. --------- Show notes: * (1:01) Sara's List 2.0 * (6:59) Flexport * (9:30) Zapier * (13:16) Uniswap * (18:07) Anduril * (21:45) Replit * (27:39) Airtable * (31:01) Figma * (33:38) Rippling * (36:35) OpenStore * (40:23) Faire * (41:33) NexHealth * (43:31) OneTrust
The speaker tells the story of his wife's career at a startup from a mid-level manager to being part of a successful company with a high valuation.
Financial independence can be achieved by staying at a company with a low risk profile for a few years, working on a good product and earning stock grants, without taking the risk of starting a business.
Flexport is a modern freight forwarding company that provides automated services for businesses, making shipping across international borders faster and cheaper. Their software helps to streamline the often complicated process of customs, tariffs and paperwork, making clients eager to work with them.
Zapier is a company that allows users to integrate different web apps, automate workflows and scale their businesses. Despite starting with a simple use case, it is now valued at $5 billion with $1.3 billion in funding.
Uniswap, a decentralized exchange with less than 50 employees, has over $5 billion of liquidity for their market through users’ locked up funds. By having users create the liquidity for their market rather than a centralized exchange, Uniswap has created a successful revenue model.
A US defense contractor is aiming to become the most technology-forward provider to the US defense budget in Silicon Valley, with a focus on creating innovative vehicles for border control and military use.
A discussion about the importance of paying attention to tools frequently used by teenagers, such as Replit, and the various packages like NPM that are necessary for coding with them.
This platform is like a multiplayer game for programmers where they can find and interact with other pieces of code, test and deploy their own code and even find ways to monetize it. The platform shows a hockey stick growth graph since it acts like a social network for programmers.
The future threat to Excel could be a company that is currently not worth much, but has the potential to grow significantly in the next decade, according to a technology expert. Although Excel dominates the market, other companies will continue to emerge as legitimate competitors to it.
The Adobe Creative Cloud is a bundle that includes various software packages. It includes Photoshop, Fireworks, and other software packages, making it easier to complete tasks.
The podcast host believes that Rippling, a company currently valued at a billion, has the potential to reach 50x its valuation and become one of the best candidates on the list for growth.
Entrepreneur Jack Abraham discusses the potential of the Open Store model, an easy and fast way to build a billion dollar company by partnering with brick and mortar stores to carry online brands.
The speaker mentions Next Health's recent funding of $150 million and notes the interest it has garnered due to its potential in a country like Bangladesh with a large male population and low unemployment rate.
This podcast discusses the idea of curating a list of companies and turning it into a product, like the previously existing "Just Jobs". This podcast discusses the benefits of curation and the market for such a product.